Reading soldier Richard Green dies in Afghanistan

Cpl Richard Green, of 3 Rifles, was killed on Tuesday as a result of small arms fire near Sangin in Helmand province, Afghanistan

The second Reading soldier to die in Afghanistan has been named as Tilehurst lad Corporal Richard Green.

Cpl Green, of 3 Rifles, was killed on Tuesday as a result of small arms fire near Sangin in Helmand province, Afghanistan.

Cpl Green, 23, deployed to Afghanistan in September 2009 with 3 Rifles Recce Platoon. Following five months of patrolling and operating in the town of Sangin, he was sent with his team to a patrol base to work alongside his Afghan National Army partners to bring stability and development to local Afghans.

He leaves behind his father Chris, his mother Eileen and his brother and sister, Daniel and Charlotte.

They described him as a "larger than life character" and would "miss him more than words can ever say".